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Crime Prevention and the Displacement Phenomenon
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This article examines the argument that crime prevention programs which stress opportunity reduction or increased risk to offenders are without value because they merely displace crime—that is, shift its incidence to other forms, times, and locales. The paper is based in part on two empirical studies that examined the criminal histories of and interviews with 146 robbers and burglars. Deterministic and opportunistic criminal behavior and the influence of personality, age, and crime type on the displace ment potential of various offenders are analyzed. The results suggest that there are definite limits to various displacement possibilities. Some crimes are so opportunistic that their pre vention in one circumstance will not lead to their occurrence in another. Even in instances where offenders blocked in one sphere would wish to operate in another, limits and costs will lessen the frequency of operation and therefore reduce the overall crime rate. The study further suggests that the limitations to displace ment are most salient for specific types of crimes, criminals, and geographic areas. Thus the displacement potential of an anticrime strategy can be gauged in advance and, in certain instances, be minimized.
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“This finding is contrary to arguments made by others that displacement is the likely outcome of place‐based interventions (Blattman, Green, Ortega, & Tobón, 2017; Reppetto, 1976).”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Reppetto, T. A.
- Affiliations
- City University of New York (US)
- Corresponding author
- Reppetto, Thomas A.
- Venue
- Crime & Delinquency
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1976-04
- Volume
- 22
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 166-177
- ISSN
- 0011-1287 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-387X
- OpenAlex
- W2161594278
- Cited by
- 374
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 7.29
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Crime & Delinquency (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Social Sciences › Law › Criminal Justice and Penology
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Policing Practices and Perceptions
- Keywords
- crime prevention, crime displacement, robbery, burglary, offender personality, age and crime, crime types, criminal history
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